SO, Joan Burton has set up a task force to tackle social welfare fraud — that was quick.

MATHS has been centre stage lately in such a way that would lead you to believe that it is not just an important factor but an essential skill in gaining employment.

THE collapse in moral values, and the steady, multi-decade decline of Britain into a broken society, as demonstrated by the horrifying riots across many of their cities, must act as a warning for the Republic of Ireland, which is still a number of years behind Britain in terms of this process (but catching up fast).

IN his column, Fergus Finlay (Opinion, August 23) has taken issue with comments I made in my letter regarding the unfair treatment of fathers in family law courts.

WE shouldn’t be surprised by Ryanair’s commercial decision to axe the Dublin air connection.

REGARDING the new alcohol limits, we have become so obsessed with drink-driving that common sense has been replaced by urban myths.

IT was reported recently that Stephen McNamara, Ryanair head of communications, was left to do what our Munster representatives were seemingly not interested in doing, and that was to enquire about the traffic figures for Shannon and Cork from the DAA.

MOST of us continue to be losers in this economic battle, and have sacrificed our comfort, and our social and economic welfare, in favour of the Orwellian, economic, austerity banking measures imposed on us by our new masters that inhabit the Atlántida financial wonderland of the IMF.

I FAIL to see why Cllr Joe O’Callaghan deems it necessary or desirable for the Minister for Justice to ban the wearing of the burka in public places (News, August 19).

THERE is very little incentive for a small business to set up in industry in this country.